Improvement ii packing tobacco



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Letters Patent No. 75,887, dated Ilarch 24, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKING TOBACCO.

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TO ALL WHOM IT HAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, 'BL FALK, of New York, 143 Water street, in the county and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packing Tobacco; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable these skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which .drawing- Figui-e1 representan, rear elevation of this invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse section thereof..

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in alpackage of cut smoking-tobacco, the envelope of which is a cloth bag, provided with a flap which turns down over the mouth of the bag, and is secured by a hook, button, seal, or any other suitable fastening, in such a manner that when the package is closed, the tobacco is not liable to leak out, and at the same time the package can be opened and closed at pleasure,and, if desired, its capacity can be reduced to `conform to the reduced quantity of tobacco contained therein. Y

A' represents a bag made of muslin or any other suitable textile fabric, and provided with a flap, a, which vcan be turned down over themouth of the'bag and fastened by means of a hook, b, or by any other suitable fastening. In'the drawing' said Hap is attached to the long side of the bag, but it can also be secured to' the eind or to one of the short sides of th'e bag. When the bag is lled with smoking-tobacco and the Hap 'a is turried down, it closes the mouth of the bag. perfectly tight, and all loss of tobacco from leakage is prevented,v

and a package is obtained which can be readily opened and closed at pleasure.

I am aware that Letters Patent have been granted to F. W. Beck and E. W. Siebert, dated December 3, 1867, for a mode of packing smoking-tobacco, in which a bagof cloth is described which can be opened and closed by'a cord drawn through its mouth. This mode of packing cut tobacco was practised in Virginia and in the city of New YorkA over ve years ago, butit has been abandoned, partly on account of the increased cost ofthe bag, and partly because the bag cannot be closed by the cord drawn through its mouth tight enough to prevent leakage vof the ine particles of tobacco.

My bag can be made cheap; its cost is very little, if anything, higher than that of the ordinary bag, and the time saved in packing the tobacco is more than sufficient to repay for the slightly-increased cost of the bag; and furthermore, if the Hap isy drawn down tight and fastened, as shown, all loss by leakage is prevented.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters lPatent, isi A package of cut Smoking Tobacco, the envelope of which is a cloth bag, provided with a Hap, a, and a. suitable fastening, b, substantially as shown and described. 1

M. FALK.

Witnesses:

GUSTAV BERG, W. I-IAUFF. 

